8.6% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 56% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Other Urban · Section of State
Language in Other Urban
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Other Urban have spoken a language other than English at home since 2011, with the figure rising to 8.6%. Despite this growth, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.1% of residents, and only 0.9% speak little or no English. While 8.6% of people use another language at home, this is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%.
0.9% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 55% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS51/other-urban/topic/language